DISGORGE


Meaning of DISGORGE in English

dis ‧ gorge /dɪsˈɡɔːdʒ $ -ɔːrdʒ/ BrE AmE verb

[ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: desgorger , from gorge 'throat' ]

1 . [transitive] literary if a vehicle or building disgorges people, they come out of it in a large group:

Cars drew up to disgorge a wedding party.

2 . [transitive] if something disgorges what was inside it, it lets it pour out:

Chimneys were disgorging smoke into the air.

3 . [intransitive and transitive] if a river disgorges, it flows into the sea:

The Mississippi disgorges its waters into the Gulf of Mexico.

4 . [transitive] formal to give back something that you have taken illegally

5 . [transitive] formal to bring food back up from your stomach through your mouth

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.